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About 3 billion animals harmed in Australian bushfires, WWF says 29 Jul 2020 - 09:13 am
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Vietnam says every city, province now at risk of virus infection 29 Jul 2020 - 09:11 am
A health worker of Hanoi CDC gets test samples from an employee of a pizza restaurant where another employee tested positive with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after travel from Da Nang city, in Hanoi, Vietnam July 29, 2020. REUTERS/Kham
Philippines culls nearly 39,000 chickens to curb bird flu outbreak 29 Jul 2020 - 09:09 am
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Hong Kong implements tough coronavirus restrictions 29 Jul 2020 - 09:04 am
Pedestrians wear face masks in the Kowloon-side Sham Shui Po district of Hong Kong in the early morning of July 29, 2020, as new social distancing measures come into effect which include having to wear masks in public, to combat a new wave of coronavirus
Trump administration to reject new applications for 'Dreamer' immigrant program 28 Jul 2020 - 11:58 pm
(FILES) In this file photo immigration rights activists hold a rally in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, November 12, 2019, as the Court hears arguments about ending the Obama-era DACA  program./ AFP / SAUL LOEB
Worsening coronavirus outbreaks in Florida, Texas add to gloomy U.S. picture 28 Jul 2020 - 11:26 pm
FILE PHOTO: Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) arrive with a patient while a funeral car begins to depart at North Shore Medical Center where coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients are treated, in Miami, Florida, U.S. July 14, 2020. REUTERS/Maria Alejan
Chile's President Pinera removes interior, foreign, defense ministers 28 Jul 2020 - 10:50 pm
FILE PHOTO: Chile's President Sebastian Pinera delivers speech during the inauguration of the annual National Meeting of Entrepreneurs (ENADE) in Santiago, Chile January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido/File Photo
Australia tells US it has no intention of injuring important China ties 28 Jul 2020 - 10:06 pm
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo listens while Australia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Department of State following the 30th AUSMIN in Washington, D.C. July 28, 2020. Brendan Smialowski/Pool via REUTER
Ecuador opens mobile centers for COVID-19 testing as hospitals fill up 28 Jul 2020 - 09:55 pm
Handout picture released by Ecuador's National Assembly showing the new Vice-President of Ecuador, Maria Alejandra Munoz (C) disinfection her shoes against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus upon arriving at her inauguration at the National Asse
Twitter temporarily restricts Donald Trump Jr.'s account over COVID-19 video 28 Jul 2020 - 09:43 pm
FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump Jr. speaks to young people waiting to hear his father, U.S. President Donald Trump, deliver a speech at the Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Unsponsored elite runners to be lent carbon-fibre shoes 28 Jul 2020 - 09:12 pm
In this file photo taken on October 12, 2019, Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge, wearing the Nike AlphaFly prototype shoes, celebrates as he crosses the finish line at the end of his attempt to bust the mythical two-hour barrier for the marathon in Vienna. World Ath
New York concert to be investigated for 'gross' social-distancing violations -governor 28 Jul 2020 - 09:02 pm
FILE PHOTO: The Chainsmokers perform at Z100's Jingle Ball in Manhattan, New York, U.S. on December 9, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Portugal's popular Madeira makes masks compulsory in public 28 Jul 2020 - 08:50 pm
FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective face mask, due to the coronavirus outbreak, walks in downtown Lisbon, Portugal March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
France sends coronavirus ventilators, test kits to India 28 Jul 2020 - 08:42 pm
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Virology institute launches Russia's second COVID-19 vaccine human trial 28 Jul 2020 - 08:38 pm
Two police officers wearing a protective face mask patrol in the streets in central Moscow on July 28, 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus. / AFP / Yuri KADOBNOV
Nike to wind down operations at Arizona factory, citing Covid-19 28 Jul 2020 - 08:32 pm
In this file photo taken on June 18, 2020, stand in line to get into the Nike Factory store at Queenstown Outlets in Queenstown, Maryland, during the coronavirus pandemic. Nike said on July 22, 2020, it expects to cut jobs as it announced a slew of new ex
Canada OKs remdesivir for use against coronavirus 28 Jul 2020 - 07:59 pm
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China's Mars probe photographs Earth en route to Red Planet 28 Jul 2020 - 07:53 pm
This handout photograph taken on July 27, 2020 and released by the China National Space Administration via CNS, shows a view of the Earth and Moon taken by China's Tianwen-1 Mars probe from a distance of 1.2 million kilometers. AFP PHOTO / China National